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homocysteinase

homocysteinase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of homocysteine.

Noun

homocysteinase (plural homocysteinases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of homocysteine
    • Of our 30 genes, glutamate synthase and adenosyl homocysteinase were used for multiple gene analysis by Koufopanou et al.2015 August 5, “Selection of Orthologous Genes for Construction of a Highly Resolved Phylogenetic Tree and Clarification of the Phylogeny of Trichosporonales Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of homocysteinase

pluralhomocysteinases

Origin of homocysteinase

From homocysteine + -ase.

Questions about homocysteinase

What does homocysteinase mean?
Homocysteinase means any enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of homocysteine.
What part of speech is homocysteinase?
Homocysteinase is a noun.
What is the plural of homocysteinase?
The plural of homocysteinase is homocysteinases.

Words near homocysteinase in the dictionary

  1. homocurious
  2. homocycle
  3. homocycles
  4. homocyclic
  5. homocysteic
  6. homocysteinase
  7. homocysteinases
  8. homocysteine
  9. homocysteinemia
  10. homocysteines
  11. homocysteinuria

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